Could Prince Harry be deported from the US?

The Duke of Sussex is involved in a tricky and unpleasant court battle over his US visa documents. People want to see them: not just the public, but activists, too.

The Telegraph has confirmed that there is pressure on the American government to release the Duke of Sussex’s visa records. Since his memoir, ‘Spare’, came out in 2023, that pressure has intensified.

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The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank striving to ‘fight for America’s future’ (as their website reads) is now involved. They are suing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for access to Prince Harry’s visa documents to determine if the declarations on them are true.

The action has been taken in order to ascertain whether he made false statements about using substances on his application. His memoir says he did… but now people want to know whether he also declared this when he sought living and working permissions in the United States.

Harry has confessed to trying some softer and harder substances. Legally, he should have disclosed this information on the application forms he completed before moving to the United States in 2020.

Providing inaccurate or misleading information on a visa application form for the US could lead to deportation, depending on the severity of the falsification. Could this actually happen to Prince Harry?

Interviewed on Mar. 25 on Sky News, the US ambassador to the United Kingdom, Jane Hartley, gave the impression that it wouldn't be a problem for Harry. She said it was unlikely he would get the boot from the country even if he had made false declarations.

"It’s not gonna happen in the Biden administration," she declared in an interview that has made the public question the government's favoritism for the elite.

It was because of this interview and her remarks that a 100-page document came to sit on a judge’s desk. It came from The Heritage Foundation and accused Ambassador Hartley of protecting Harry. Of course, the procedure aimed to ensure that his visa application form would be made public.

"Hartley spoke directly not only to the Duke of Sussex’s current immigration status but HRH’s [Harry’s] future immigration status as well," the filing stated. The lack of transparency was described as ‘extraordinary’ and a transcript of Jane Hartley’s interview on Sky was included in the document.

The New York Post quotes Nile Gardiner, Director of The Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom in saying that Hartley’s "arrogant remarks on Prince Harry are an extraordinary intervention by a senior US diplomat on an ongoing federal court case."

Jane Hartley may not think there is a threat to the Prince, but some others do. Donald Trump, for one, has made comments to GB News about the fiasco. He said that ‘action’ could be taken against the Duke of Sussex if falsification on his visa application was identified.

In an interview with Nigel Farage, Trump said that Prince Harry should not get ‘special privileges’. Many might question that comment, CNN reports, as Trump is penned to have used his 'special privileges' in power to pardon his former strategist and supporters.

The Department of Homeland Security is staunch in keeping Harry’s application a secret. The New York Post reports that its lawyers declared that releasing these documents to the public would be "an unwarranted invasion of Prince Harry's privacy."

The documents have been handed over, though. Not to the public, but to a judge - Carl Nichols - so he can see whether there are enough reasons to keep the papers hidden from the public.

For now, the DHS is obeying. It shared the documents and attached "declarations with attachments for ex parte in camera [in private] review" via an encrypted link, The Daily Mail confirms.

For now, Prince Harry certainly feels at home in the US. The royal has formally listed the country as his primary residence, Time confirms. In a filing related to one of the Duke’s charities on the 15th of April, Harry declared his country of residence as the US.

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